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Frozen Institutions

by Bruce N Kaye

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  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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Thanks for the memories--well, maybe not. It has been hard work getting over the break up of the fifteen-hundred-year Anglican marriage of church and state--the so-called English Christendom. It is still a work in progress because the marriage left behind so many unconscious assumptions about power, institutions, and community relations. The first group of essays in this book challenges some of the frozen elements in church institutions, in particular habits of orthodoxy, catholicity, and canonical Scripture. They are framed in the context of the struggles of the Anglican Communion. The second set of essays refer to the Anglican Church of Australia and some attempts at de-frosting its institutions. These are lectures and papers given across Australia mostly during the author's time as General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Australia. The last essay is an account of a current struggle over the blessing of a same-sex couple legally married under recently changed civil law. It illustrates the role of the constitution of the church in this dispute. The loose federation of dioceses in the constitution has generally enabled dioceses to live separately. The danger in this has been the specter of a church made up of diocesan silos rather than of engaged fellowship. However, the federal structure does not need to work that way. Indeed, in the present conflict situation this very looseness could be used to provide space for more respectful engagement. How this crisis is handled will be an early clue as to whether the church is up to it.
Frozen Institutions and A Polity of Persuasion: Gift and Grief of Anglicanism
A Polity of Persuasion: Gift and Grief of AnglicanismFrozen Institutions

  • Author

    Bruce N Kaye

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Pickwick Publications

  • Published

    July 2022

  • Weight

    314g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781666713480

  • ISBN-10

    1666713481

  • Eden Code

    5704163

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